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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 09:34 AM Jul 2020

GOP State Lawmaker Demands Americans 'STOP GETTING TESTED' For Coronavirus

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ohio-nino-vitale-coronavirus-facebook-rant_n_5f058341c5b63a72c33ade5e

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A GOP state lawmaker in Ohio ― one of several states currently seeing a spike in new coronavirus infections ― urged constituents to “STOP GETTING TESTED” for COVID-19 in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

“Are you tired of living in a dictatorship yet?” asked Nino Vitale, who serves in the state’s House of Representatives. Testing for COVID-19 gave “the government an excuse to claim something is happening that is not happening at the magnitude they say it is happening,” he claimed.

“Have you noticed they never talk about deaths anymore, just cases?” Vitale added. “And they never talk about recoveries. They just keep adding to numbers they have been feeding us from over 3 months ago!”

The lawmaker shared a graphic detailing where in the state it will be mandatory from Wednesday to wear masks to mitigate the spread of the contagion:

(Here’s his fb page https://www.facebook.com/RepVitale/)
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GOP State Lawmaker Demands Americans 'STOP GETTING TESTED' For Coronavirus (Original Post) soothsayer Jul 2020 OP
And I thought my rep was bad. WOW! blueinredohio Jul 2020 #1
I couldn't believe it was true so had to check his page soothsayer Jul 2020 #2
GOP Death cult. Turbineguy Jul 2020 #3
This is the same nutbag Ohiogal Jul 2020 #4
Yep that's him soothsayer Jul 2020 #6
When you have to check if it's the Onion Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #5
These people are HORRORS. OregonBlue Jul 2020 #7
When will all the people at the White House STOP GETTING TESTED? tanyev Jul 2020 #8
This soothsayer Jul 2020 #9

Ohiogal

(31,999 posts)
4. This is the same nutbag
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 09:42 AM
Jul 2020

Who said that wearing a mask is akin to hiding God’s image or some crazy thing.

This guy needs to be removed from office and put in a psych ward.

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)
5. When you have to check if it's the Onion
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 09:42 AM
Jul 2020

you know it’s bad. They really have lost their effing minds. I thought Handmaid’s Tale was farfetched but.... not so sure now.

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